Guest guest Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 National Allergy has pillow covers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 > > For years I have just used a clean towel as a pillow. Great idea, but there's one really important thing you need to keep in mind: Where was that towel washed and dried? - Message #30214 of 41620 < Prev | Next > Re: Pillows - a hot bed of fungal spores Gave up on pillows completely in 1994. I only use a rolled up towel inside a pillow case. But as I've warned before, it does no good if you wash it and then use a dryer which is in a mold plume - as your " clean " towel is really acting as a filter and catching spores from the air circulated through the dryer. Isn't that just what you need? To rest your head upon and be in direct contact with a concentrated dose of mold from a filter used in a moldy house? Because that's what your clothes are if you dry them in a mold plume. - Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:53 pm Show Message Option ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- View Source Use Fixed Width Font Unwrap Lines ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- " erikmoldwarrior " <erikmoldwarrior@...> erikmoldwarrior Offline Send Email Invite to 360° Forward | Delete Message #30214 of 41620 < Prev | Next > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 , Cotton covers are fine but ONLY if you put them on a new pillow. Otherwise, they are too porous. They allow moisture to enter the stuffing and to help mites survive, and allow particles less than 5 micron to escape. In general, polyurethane (solid) coated with fabric is the best type. C. May, M.A., CIAQP May Indoor Air Investigations LLC 1522 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA 02139 617-354-1055 www.mayindoorair.com www.myhouseiskillingme.com >Re: Pillow Covers >Posted by: " Leigh McCall-Alton " mccallalton@... mccallalton >Date: Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:59 pm (PDT) >For years I have just used a clean towel as a pillow. > Bjerring <jamesbj@...> wrote: >After reading here about all >the mites, mite feces, fungus, and bacteria living in my pillows, I've >decidedto buy protective covers to separate me from them. I've found some >made ofcotton and some made of teflon. My questions: 1. Would the cotton really provide an adequate barrier? 2. Does teflon off-gas? 3. Should I keep looking for protective covers made of other materials? If so, what's the best? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 Jeff, how about very high count cotton. They have some sheets and pillow cases that have a very high thread count per inch or something. Sometimes so high, sheets feel more like satin. However they are quite costly. Movie stars sleep on them I guess. I found some with 1200 threads per inch. I don't know if that is highest but they refer to some of them as sateen I think since that is what they feel like: <http://www.nextag.com/1200-thread-count-sheet/search-html> Here's another link that boasts that it provided linens to nominees. They have a 1500 count sheet set. That is highest I've seen so far: <http://www.high-thread-count-bed-sheets.com/15thcoco.html> If anyone would like to get me something for my birthday in February, these would be it! --- Jeff May <jeff@...> wrote: > , > > Cotton covers are fine but ONLY if you put them > on a new pillow. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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